Talk about a popular person in your own age group James Yap is a popular person not only in our class but also throughout the school.. James is the kind of person who is talented as wel
Trang 1Talk about a popular person in your
own age group
James Yap is a popular person not only in our class but
also throughout the school James is the kind of person
who is talented as well as outgoing
Most students in the school know him as a champion
swimmer James always represents the school in freestyle
swimming and has won a lot of medals in competitions He
Trang 2is also a member of water polo team Last year, in the
district championship, James was the one to score the
winning goal for our school team He is well-remembered
by his schoolmates for this
James is friendly with almost everyone, and he is known
as the class joker Sometimes, before the teacher comes
to the class, he would stand in front of the class and throw
us a riddle His favorite riddle is the one which asks “do
you know why…” Actually, he never gives us time to
answer He would shout out the answer almost
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Even when James is called upon to answer a question by
a teacher, his answer often contains a joke or a remark
which makes us laugh Usually, because his jokes are
funny and not rude, the teacher would laugh along with us
James also likes to organize outings and gatherings
Unlike some people who only invite certain groups to
these functions, James often organizes them on a class
basis He once organized a class outing to the zoo
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James had arranged a special treat for our class teacher
who was accompanying us It turned out that he had
reserved for her the zoo’s special offering – tea with the
orang utan! Of course, the animal was tame and had been
trained to sit quietly with human visitors We all, including
the teacher, had a good laugh
On another occasion, we had a class gathering at his
house James come from a rich family, and lives in a
bungalow with a big garden Most of us already know
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school in a chauffeur-driven car When James was in
secondary three, he told his father that he preferred to
take public transport He wanted to be more independent
I suppose the fact that James is not affected by his talent,
nor his wealth adds to his popularity But some students
say that even though it seems that James leads such a
charmed life, he does not see eye to eye with his father
about his future His father owns a business and he would
like James to work in the family business after he
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or entertainment